Bergeson, S.
, Balakrishnan, A.
, Baldwin, K.
, Lucatorto, T.
, Marangos, J.
, McIlrath, T.
, O'Brian, T.
, Rolston, S.
, Wen, J.
, Westbrook, N.
, Cheng, C.
, Eyler, E.
and Sansonetti, C.
(1998),
Measurement of the He Ground State Lamb Shift Via the Two-Photon 1<sup>1</sup>S - 2<sup>1</sup>S transition, Physical Review Letters
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Measurement of the He Ground State Lamb Shift Via the Two-Photon 11S - 21S transition
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Author(s)
, A Balakrishnan, K G. Baldwin, , J P. Marangos, T J. McIlrath, , , , N Westbrook, C H. Cheng, E E. Eyler,
Abstract
We have extended two-photon Doppler-free spectroscopy to the vacuum ultraviolet spectral region to accurately measure the He 11S - 21S transition at 120 nm. Our result is 4 984 872 315[48] MHz. This yields a ground state Lamb shift of 41104[48] MHz, in fair agreement with theory and other experiments. This approach has the potential for significantly better accuracy once improvements in the laser and the wavelength metrology are implemented.Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
80
Issue
No. 16
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
ground state, helium, Lamb shift, quantum electrodynamics, two-photon VUV spectroscopy
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Created April 1, 1998, Updated February 17, 2017